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| author | Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> | 2016-04-30 15:27:09 +0200 |
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| committer | Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> | 2016-05-01 19:27:11 +0200 |
| commit | 7a03d55230ff9814bb9c0e19913f3a537dc1ebec (patch) | |
| tree | e8e9495161863f03850db7b831858d0233c3a5d3 /lisp/whitespace.el | |
| parent | 651182d070bfbb22a47133adf8d90c849e5e6467 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-7a03d55230ff9814bb9c0e19913f3a537dc1ebec.tar.gz | |
Clarify whitespace-style doc string
* lisp/whitespace.el (whitespace-style): Doc clarification
(bug#18296).
(cherry picked from commit d96c720d0cca7c9ffbb4c712ad315bb707d6625c)
Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/whitespace.el')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/whitespace.el | 16 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/whitespace.el b/lisp/whitespace.el index 53bf363daa4..af906bab38f 100644 --- a/lisp/whitespace.el +++ b/lisp/whitespace.el @@ -528,14 +528,14 @@ these values is: 2. space-before-tab::tab 3. space-before-tab::space -So, for example, if indentation and indentation::space are -included in `whitespace-style' list, the indentation value is -evaluated instead of indentation::space value. - -One reason for not visualize spaces via faces (if `face' is not -included in `whitespace-style') is to use exclusively for -cleaning up a buffer. See `whitespace-cleanup' and -`whitespace-cleanup-region' for documentation. +For example, if `indentation' and `indentation::space' are +included in `whitespace-style', the `indentation' value is used +instead of the `indentation::space' value. + +One reason to not use faces to visualize spaces (i.e., not +include `face' in `whitespace-style') is to use `whitespace-mode' +only for cleaning up a buffer. See `whitespace-cleanup' and +`whitespace-cleanup-region'. See also `whitespace-display-mappings' for documentation." :type '(set :tag "Kind of Blank" |